Dan Gable vs. Larry Owings: FULL 1970 NCAA title match at 142 pounds

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  • Washington's Larry Owings knocked off Iowa State's Dan Gable for the 1970 NCAA championship at 142 pounds. It was Gable's first loss of his collegiate wrestling career. Watch the full match here.
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  • @tenningale
    @tenningale ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Technically speaking, it looks more like a really good high school match than a D-1 national final. Interesting to see how wrestling has evolved so much over the past 50+ years.

    • @Auxz
      @Auxz ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Well no shit it’s going to evolve

    • @markmyers7560
      @markmyers7560 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Auxz These guys couldn't win a high school state championship.

    • @zymond8405
      @zymond8405 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@markmyers7560nah this is good enough for state

    • @WarPartyFitness
      @WarPartyFitness ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@markmyers7560 I disagree, they would be students of the current sport and would most likely be at the top just as they were then. All things being equal that’s what I believe.

    • @davidgantz9378
      @davidgantz9378 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed,amazing,ing

  • @popscola2574
    @popscola2574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    There's nothing like wrestling, especially in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. The smell of the mats, the dimming of the auxillary gym or gym, the comradery, nostalgia, etc. It just has a sense of feeling that nothing else can give.

    • @popscola2574
      @popscola2574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Now all these wrestlers are old and soon will be gone. All that hard work is left in a time gone by. Life is short and there are some athletes who can never be replaced.

    • @sv4940
      @sv4940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@popscola2574 owings was my wrestling coach for highschool, he still coaches

    • @MK007-YT
      @MK007-YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some would suggest that the 50 Years prior to the 1970's were not too bad either.

    • @venicebeachsportsnetwork6677
      @venicebeachsportsnetwork6677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And copious amounts of ringworm

    • @danielporter4194
      @danielporter4194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Reading this gave me chills. No kidding. Don't miss cutting weight, but miss everything else so much.

  • @JesseStevenTrumm3992
    @JesseStevenTrumm3992 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The evolution of talent from then until now is absolutely astounding

    • @vaderentertainment8879
      @vaderentertainment8879 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How

    • @jimboslice9472
      @jimboslice9472 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      exactly, gable would even make cheerleader on a wrestling team

    • @dogfather2320
      @dogfather2320 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@vaderentertainment8879 Because senior bo nickal would trash both of these guys lol

    • @shanetrimble9265
      @shanetrimble9265 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Todays wrestling is boring.

    • @shanetrimble9265
      @shanetrimble9265 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@dogfather2320Yeah and in 30 years they will say the same thing about him.

  • @CJACK-pz7mg
    @CJACK-pz7mg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    My grandpa coached Larry owings and I got to meet him but I didn’t even know who he was 😭

    • @HondaRiderX17
      @HondaRiderX17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My highschool coach was larrys brother. He came to one of our practices.

    • @CJACK-pz7mg
      @CJACK-pz7mg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@HondaRiderX17 nice

  • @VanishedPNW
    @VanishedPNW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    Few notes here. This version has had the frame rate corrected, as you'll see other versions of this same video moving in 24 frames per second which really slows the action down. The sport of wrestling has dramatically improved since this time, but these guys were still the best, and if given the chance to teleport to today, they just might be the best in today's time. The best are the ones that find a way to win, despite what adversity is thrown their way. Today, wrestlers at the NCAA D1 level are much bigger, faster wrestle with much more fluidity and are far superior technically to Owings and Gable. There are very few mistakes at the elite level now. There are lots of sloppy mistakes in this match. However, the biggest difference is the weight cutting. These guys are very sucked down. Owings' legs are gone a minute into the match. He's exhausted, even though he still is in great shape and can do short bursts, his body is drained. Severe weight cutting, while still around, is not nearly what it used to be. When I left the sport as a junior college freshman, the old system was still in play (but on the way out). When I came back to wrestle ten years later as a college sophomore, I was the lone dinosaur wearing the plastic suit sucking weight the old fashioned way. Since athletes are no longer "sucking" SO much weight, the matches are faster and the athletes are, too. They can push longer, harder and maintain a higher level of technique over that seven minutes.
    Nowadays, wrestlers scramble a lot more and as a result, stalemates happen a lot more than they did in the previous several decades. It was Ben Askren that really ushered in this change of scrambling, despite many believing it to be 70s wrestler Wade Schalles. Ben's style faced loads of criticism from the old guard of Gable's (and subsequent) eras during the 00s when he was competing. Nobody had ever seen Ben Askren's "funky" style used so effectively before, and it profoundly effected the sport to this day. The first through wall always bloodies their fists, as they say. Eventually, people realized they needed to change they way they approached wrestling, and now Ben Askren's "funky" style has evolved and morphed into a highly technical, highly efficient mode of exciting mat wrestling. What Ben did for collegiate wrestling is akin to what Wilt Chamberlain did for basketball. The entire game changed. Gone are the days of universally successful "spark plug" framed, short and stocky wrestlers like Owings and Gable. Wrestlers at the very peak of collegiate wrestling are almost always the same build: taller (but not absurdly so), lean, longer arms and legs for scrambling and binding up the opponent on the ground. The frame used to be 5'3-5'7 and stocky. Now, it's 5'6-5'10 and lean.
    That "under arm spin" scored a lot of points for me in high school and got me pinned in college the only times I ever tried it. Lol. This match is fantastic and brilliantly preserved here.

    • @Cyyhjiyffree
      @Cyyhjiyffree 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very interesting insights. Thank you. You mentioned some trends in modern wrestling that have lead to better wrestling. Aside from trends in scrambling/“funky” wrestling and less weight cutting, what else are coaches and wrestlers doing nowadays that are leading to improvement? Is wrestling more popular nowadays?

    • @justinbt
      @justinbt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don’t know where to start.
      So I won’t.
      But I can tell you’re a fan. And certainly never wrestled in college.
      The moment you said collegiate wrestlers were taller and lean I stopped reading.
      “Under arm spin”
      Lol I can’t.

    • @VanishedPNW
      @VanishedPNW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@justinbt Under arm spin...which is exactly what the commentary team calls it in this match. Same mechanics as a fireman's but you leave the leg and keep going through. Owings does it in this match two times right at the beginning. Fails the first time and succeeds the second time. In HS I used to use it quite a bit but when I got to college it never worked. My comments on the overall size of college wrestlers is empirically true....athlete's across the spectrum are bigger, stronger and faster than previous generations. While the height comparison is anecdotal, go back and watch some NCAAs from the last 50 years. Guys are taller and leaner nowadays as it compliments the style of wrestling. Wrestling has changed a ton in the last thirty years both offensively and defensively and it's only natural that the physical proportions of the athlete's performing the athletic activity have changed in synchronous fashion. That's not to say ALL wrestlers in every weight class are taller. Of course not. But they are bigger. I was mat side in Reno two years ago watching OSU and could not believe how giant their wrestlers were. Every single wrestler was as big as they could possibly be for their respective weight class. Daton Fix was the shortest 133 pounder on the mat the entire day. Most D1 guys placing in the tournament were about 5'7-5'8 and as tall as 5'10. It's just something I've noticed having been involved in the sport my entire life.

    • @sabrewolf9567
      @sabrewolf9567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@VanishedPNW yes I basically agree on all points. And now you have guys like yianni, who are not only trained but also have extreme natural abilities like his flexibility and length. I am overall excited to be living in a time when USA wrestling is producing team that can compete and defeat Russian teams. Not sure how it was in the past but for me this era of USA 🇺🇸 international wrestling is insane, the competition soo deep!

    • @Willsmiff1985
      @Willsmiff1985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I feel like Dake vs Molinaro really proves your point. Molinaro just looked absolutely perplexed the whole match.
      Same with David Taylor. In college he really was a blend of Sanderson pace and Askren-ish funk. And it made the scoreboard light up like a Christmas tree.
      And now that I think about it, Gable-ish wrestlers like Metcalf were kind of the last of their kind to see high level success. After that, it’s exactly as you describe.
      This writing is absolutely fascinating. But I see your point. It’s almost as if until Askren, wrestlers in folkstyle were just playing modified freestyle and waiting for the Olympics to transition. Then Askren said “Wait, what are y’all doing? There’s still space within the rules of folkstyle over here to be occupied!”
      And now well, here we are. Now wrestlers are wrestling FOLKSTYLE for real. And they are squeezing every last drop out of the rules.

  • @danmeme7740
    @danmeme7740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    He was going off instinct rather then thinking too much which won him the match along with belief and determination.

  • @CaneFu
    @CaneFu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    After this loss, his only one ever, Dan Gable rededicated himself to training like no other wrestler ever had before or since. He worked out 7 hours per day, pushing himself every minute, it was obsessive behavior that we'll probably never see again.

    • @michaelpowell3204
      @michaelpowell3204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I have to imagine that he built Iowa's program around that philosophy. The Brands bros in particular strike me as being those kinds of guys.

  • @chrissmith914
    @chrissmith914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    They had contacts in the 70’s?! The more ya know! Haha

    • @justmenate
      @justmenate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah I think they were made out of glass too ...

  • @johnnydrama8709
    @johnnydrama8709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Great match. Both guys are warriors. Couldn’t imagine the feeling Larry ownings felt this day.

    • @woah.one89
      @woah.one89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he lost his marriage because it was the height of his life

    • @tacosrock11_34
      @tacosrock11_34 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It wrecked his life. He couldn’t deal with the hype of being so good that he could beat gable and later told him that if he were to do it over he would have let gable win.

  • @kiezersosay49
    @kiezersosay49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Jesus this is the one gable match I decided to watch...its like when silva lost for the 1st time.

  • @sammcottone5927
    @sammcottone5927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Incredible how far wrestling has come

  • @lclement04
    @lclement04 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    People who say wrestling has evolved a lot in the past 40 years. Other than the low single and leg pass. Don’t know what they’re talking about. These guys are literally doing the same positions we do today. Not just that but the refs don’t stop positions as much allowing for more high pace and aggressive wrestling. Wrestling is the oldest sport of all time. Not too much that can change at this point.

    • @VanishedPNW
      @VanishedPNW ปีที่แล้ว +4

      People just instinctively say that as a reaction to the 'lack of HD' video, the old three-piece uniform on Gable, the slower moving film, etcetera. They just see "old" and allow their linear-progression bias speak for them. If these guys were last year's NCAA finals match, nobody would really be the wiser.
      That said, there are a few positional things that are a little sloppy that you just don't see today. It's a biiiiit looser than what one would expect from a modern NCAA finals match. Just a bit.

    • @penelopetorres3021
      @penelopetorres3021 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i know watching it its some good ass wrestling. wrestling stayed the same but obviously theres more crazy moves people do now. but these are the basics and everyone still does them the whizzer, for example its still used the same. these guys just dont do tilts for back points they were still leg riding tho but even leg riding prolly wasnt even a thing when wrestling started so the sport is constantly evolving

    • @PistonHonda_1987
      @PistonHonda_1987 หลายเดือนก่อน

      & the elbow pass... but Yojoro Uetake was using it in the early 60's

  • @anopoabednego6173
    @anopoabednego6173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The difference in this match came down to Dan Gable making the HUGE mistake of choosing the top position. He had lost the 1st period, Owings had a little confidence, then allowing the escape boosted that confidence and Owings hit a shot that completely caught Gable off guard. I believe had Gable chosen the neutral position this match could have went much differently.

    • @joekubec9853
      @joekubec9853 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i agree

    • @curtislloyd4487
      @curtislloyd4487 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In those days, you couldn't choose neutral. You had to choose top or bottom,and you couldn't defer. What ever you chose, the next period you were the opposite. Choosing the top was the right choice as you could come from the bottom in the third.

    • @Bleaxz6584
      @Bleaxz6584 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@curtislloyd4487 these guys acting like gable wasn't calculated he just had his plate full

  • @coolie6898
    @coolie6898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    50 years ago..

    • @BlueshirtFan4Ever
      @BlueshirtFan4Ever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Epic, yet... Classic matches like this will never die. 🤼‍♂️

  • @Vincentarthur100
    @Vincentarthur100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    It’s amazing how far wrestling has come technically

    • @gregoryderosa8045
      @gregoryderosa8045 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right on..

    • @gregoryderosa8045
      @gregoryderosa8045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Look how gable sets up on top at 6:15

    • @michaelstronghold3550
      @michaelstronghold3550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Part of the progression is still thanks to Dan Gable as he has personally trained many Olympians and national champions to this day. Many of those have gone on to be coaches and on and on.

    • @brianparkhurst2636
      @brianparkhurst2636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I have a strong feeling that modern high school state champs would handily beat either of them.

    • @keithnelson1522
      @keithnelson1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Indeed. Feel the guys from 2021 NCAA would kill these guys

  • @williesnyder2899
    @williesnyder2899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In my youth my father, from the Hawkeye state, told me of how Dan Gable trained. Dad’s dad had been a wrestler, though in college..
    Decades later my father, my stepbrother and I watched Coach Gable in action on the sidelines against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. It was great to see a legend even at a distance!!
    Though it has probably sold, Time Bomb vintage shop in Minneapolis had an old grey sweatshirt autographed by Dan Gable. I almost bought it, but left it for someone else...
    Thanks for putting on this 1970 film!!

  • @tmzz3609
    @tmzz3609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Dan Gable goes on JRE............ 51 year old Dan Gable match trends on TH-cam

  • @alanives8679
    @alanives8679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    A lotta ppl will be here from JRE. Figured I’d start the here from joe comments

    • @keithnelson1522
      @keithnelson1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m here from JRE, but I also was a wrestler

    • @asdf-bi3tp
      @asdf-bi3tp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@keithnelson1522 same haha. literally stopped listening to the podcast to watch this as I’m typing this haha

    • @MrAlexmiele8910
      @MrAlexmiele8910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm here because I watched all the Cael Sanderson matches already.
      Had some dope Dan Gable wrestling shoes in HS.
      Next is David Taylor.

    • @loganayesh5472
      @loganayesh5472 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here from JRE

    • @covfefemaga9567
      @covfefemaga9567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’m not here from BS Rogans podcast. I’m here because I wrestled in HS.

  • @jaimecruzramirez1637
    @jaimecruzramirez1637 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    larry owings has a special spot in my heart, coached me during my high school years in woodburn oregon, a great coach and an even better person.

  • @LordSky69
    @LordSky69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    world class match and amazing performance from both of them. This goes to show anyone can be beat. legendary bout 🤘🏼

    • @DS-hy6ld
      @DS-hy6ld 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That statement is, as I see it, this sport in a nutshell.

  • @tompalmer5986
    @tompalmer5986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Gable went on to the '72 Olympics and no one scored a point on him. He was the greatest wrestler the U.S. ever produced.

    • @allen33and88
      @allen33and88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nope Owings scored 1 on him in the trials.... but otherwise got trounced, I don't know if that counts for the actual Olympics tho? But yeah gable was a beast

    • @surreptitiouswritings
      @surreptitiouswritings 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think John Smith would smoke Gable

    • @tompalmer5986
      @tompalmer5986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      John Smith might have a claim as the greatest. He won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships. But if you had seen Gable in the '72 Olympics you might be tempted to name Gable as the best ever. No one could touch him. Not one point was scored on him. That is something in international competition.

    • @TheAmericaninchina
      @TheAmericaninchina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cael Sanderson is the undisputed best. He never choked.

    • @tompalmer5986
      @tompalmer5986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe he was the best at collegiate wrestling, but several U.S. wrestlers were better at freestyle. John Smith won two Olympic golds and four world championships. Bruce Baumgardner won four Olympic medals, two of them gold. Lee Kemp won seven world championships. And no one scored a point on Dan Gable in the '72 Olympics. He dominated the international competition in those Olympics the same way he dominated the collegiate competition at home. So, who is the best? You decide.

  • @gkprivate433
    @gkprivate433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was 13 and remembered watching this on TV. An amazing run

  • @TylerHaslam
    @TylerHaslam 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    If I were Owings coach that would be the greatest achievement of my life. Having a wrestler beat dan gable

  • @stephenmoerlein8470
    @stephenmoerlein8470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great wrestling history. Thanks for posting!

  • @MakerTools
    @MakerTools 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was a GREAT, GREAT video, especially at the end where it showed the win, in slow motion!

  • @LECityLECLEC
    @LECityLECLEC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of my fave wrestling matches to ever see! Larry Owings totally deserves the win and we should celebrate him for doing his best yo fight the best!

  • @greatstate58
    @greatstate58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “Why is Dan gable going off the mat he is normally a very offensive wrestler” idk why I found that funny.

  • @lyonanddebanderson4418
    @lyonanddebanderson4418 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Coach Gable has always been someone I looked up to as an Iowa prep wrestler in the 80's. This is the first time I have seen this match, but there is one thing about Dan Gable that is always a common denominator-perseverance. Reading his first book right now, he engrained the Iowa Stile in me before I even know knew what it was. THANK YOU COACH GABLE!!! West Sioux Community 1984-1987, and yes Tom & Terry both beat on me in those years. I never gave up and started several wrestling clubs in small towns that never had wrestling on a small 12X12 mat in my basement. Several of those kids went on to place in the state tourney and even in D3 college. I admire your courage and determination, because that is what it takes.

  • @LECityLECLEC
    @LECityLECLEC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ty for the upload!

  • @siddharthsharma3889
    @siddharthsharma3889 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    here after spencer lee lost. can't help but think his senior level career will be similar to gable's considering the similarity of their stories

    • @npierce14
      @npierce14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea but gable never lost in high school either

  • @benstorment4484
    @benstorment4484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Larry Owings was my woodshop teacher at Oregon City High School. There's a book written about him too.

  • @ianshue2890
    @ianshue2890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This might be my all time favorite match, the only other matches that have come close to it is Mcilravy vs Abas, Dake vs Taylor, and Banach vs Schultz. But those matches don’t come close not by a long shot

  • @jamalltravels
    @jamalltravels ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Came back to watch this video so that the Spencer lee lost doesn’t hurt so bad😭

    • @JimmyGentile1
      @JimmyGentile1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lmao

    • @PistonHonda_1987
      @PistonHonda_1987 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You know when you think about all time upsets... Iowa sure has seen its share.
      Owens-Gable (although @ I State)
      McCilravy-Marinetti
      Caldwell-Metcalf
      Ramos-Lee

  • @seankelley2865
    @seankelley2865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow what a match. I'm shocked that Owens got 2 back points in the 3rd period, it's hard to see if it was legit or not from the camera angle. I had to rewatch a few times to understand how it quickly went from 9-8 to 13-8... takedown and 2 back points. Historical match here and very defining for both men in how it shaped the rest of their lives.

    • @gkprivate433
      @gkprivate433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, I too kept playing it back to try and figure out how it went from 9 to 13 in one takedown

    • @IowaRonin
      @IowaRonin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Those back points seemed sketchy to me, but good for Owings, he deserved it. Dan wouldn't have turned into the monster that he became if it weren't for the loss, so it was good for him too.

    • @sabrewolf9567
      @sabrewolf9567 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you imagine if this match went into OT!

  • @danmeme7740
    @danmeme7740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Could not have happened to a nicer guy. Goes to show we all have that in us, that moment of glory when everything comes together. Focus, belief, rising to the occasion, being in the zone.

  • @TheEriktheanimal
    @TheEriktheanimal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What an awesome match! So legendary

  • @alexandredenis712
    @alexandredenis712 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gable the legend! Hats off to Owings! He muscled Gable down at the end with that single leg , impressive!

  • @2explore1
    @2explore1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I don't care that this video is old. That is some great wrestling. On this day Owens had just a little more heart and tenacity. I had to final score 12 to 9 in favor of Owens. (Owen 9, Gable 8. Then an escape for Owens 10 to 8. Then a take down 12 to 8. Finally gable escapes and 12 to 9).

    • @mitchbehrends4102
      @mitchbehrends4102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      so with riding time you score it 12-11 in favor of owens?

  • @gkprivate433
    @gkprivate433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am impressed that gable got out of several cradles. I lost a championship intramural match in college to a cradle. Both these guys are long legged and lanky

  • @chrismalloy7960
    @chrismalloy7960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was awesome! I'm not even a wrestling fanatic but I know Dan Gable.

  • @tonyr1950
    @tonyr1950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Instead of his normal pre-match warm-up routine, Gable was filming a commercial for the Wide World of Sports TV show. By the time they finished, Gable was next up and only had a few minutes to warm up. He said that threw him off for the entire match .

  • @robdonna1000
    @robdonna1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    3 seconds left Owings is ahead he takes a shot. Gable crawls off again

  • @mando3484
    @mando3484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    JRE brought me here

  • @Monkeybongoes
    @Monkeybongoes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Miss the humility athletes had before ESPN.

  • @frankdavidson644
    @frankdavidson644 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome job thanks

  • @erickovarik4868
    @erickovarik4868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Owen's had nothing to loose. Gable had everything to loose. That's why Owens won. Wish we had youtube when I wrestled. You new guys are so lucky👊🏾

    • @bobklein1665
      @bobklein1665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hear you brother Eric, I wrestled in the mid-70s high school and college,that sure would have been fun to have all that technology back then.

    • @marcoshernandez5327
      @marcoshernandez5327 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Owings*

    • @PistonHonda_1987
      @PistonHonda_1987 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think Owings dropped it classes for this too... a vision quest of sorts

  • @tropicalterrarium1742
    @tropicalterrarium1742 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the comments saying gable isnt good from their computer do not impress anyone. Gable won the olympics and that transcends time. Modern day bias goes too far. No doubt in my mind gable would of won at least 1 title in modern day and a contender for any weight in freestyle.

  • @gkprivate433
    @gkprivate433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    a tough match. Owings went down like two weight classes to go against Gable.

  • @aurevoirshoshanna900
    @aurevoirshoshanna900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Reminds me of when Johnny Hendricks lost the national title to the same dude he beat in the finals the year prior. That was his only loss his senior year

  • @LeastSlutty
    @LeastSlutty ปีที่แล้ว

    And Dan Gable is this LEGENDARY ATHLETE and he looks like me in college...

  • @ronflatter1235
    @ronflatter1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish the links to the two other files had not come up late during the explanation of the decisive takedown and predicament/near fall.

    • @NCAAChampionships
      @NCAAChampionships  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Ron. Our apologies for that. We just fixed the placement. You should be able to view the replay with no problem now.

  • @vipset87
    @vipset87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    only 12k views?! shame

  • @dr.dreadz4016
    @dr.dreadz4016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The largest upset ever. Larry should have a movie about this. Underdogs everywhere should learn about this.

    • @Hugh-Jorgan
      @Hugh-Jorgan ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Now there is the spencer lee vs Ramos upset. Not sure which is bigger.

    • @dr.dreadz4016
      @dr.dreadz4016 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Hugh-Jorgan I physically jumped and yelled. It was crazy. I could tell that Spencer wasn’t himself from his previous matches. I hated he forfeit from the tournament though.

    • @RC-xc9lj
      @RC-xc9lj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Hugh-Jorgan Spencer Lee had lost 5 matches in college before losing his last one. Dan Gable only lost his last match. So, I would believe the Dan Gable loss would have been the biggest upset. Ironically, Spencer Lee's last high school match loss after going 144-0 might qualify as the biggest upset in high school wrestling.

    • @Hugh-Jorgan
      @Hugh-Jorgan ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RC-xc9lj well Dan wasn't pinning or tech falling 60-70% of his opponents. Spencer was DOMINANT. Those 5 were all freshman year. Spencer also had 3 titles. I can agree that from the unbeaten record aspect losing the last is a shocker. 4However Spencer was destroying guys on the mat. Dan gable was not near as dominant as Spencer match in and out. So from that aspect Spencer's loss caught me as a off guard.

  • @williesnyder2899
    @williesnyder2899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sgt. Rock, I remember that photo!

  • @gkprivate433
    @gkprivate433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember watching this on TV. It was such a special event at the time.

  • @timmurceck6717
    @timmurceck6717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s interesting that Gable chose top to start the 2nd period. Was this typical at that time? You never see guys choosing top nowadays.

  • @michaelpowell3204
    @michaelpowell3204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Owings really got all of the value out of that whizzer.

  • @AdamCanavan12
    @AdamCanavan12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did he talk about this fight on JRE button?

  • @tomschoenke5052
    @tomschoenke5052 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was bigger than just wrestling. Here are four 2other losses for the undefeated in the last match.
    5. 2005 USC Trojan football: With 34 straight victories over three years, USC was trying to become the first team to win three consecutive National Championships. With five minutes to go, a 38-26 is not enough as they lose to Texas 41-38.
    4. 2007 New England Patriots: In the only sport where going a whole season undefeated is even possible, though rare (once in eighty years), New England was dominant entering the Super Bowl. They led 14-10 with just 42 seconds to go, but lost to the NY Giants 17-14.
    3. 1972 USA Olympic Men's Basketball team: In the Olympics, they had never lost a game while winning every gold medal game(7), and 63 consecutive games over 36 years. In a controversial game, with the last three seconds played THREE times, the USSR scored as time expired to win 51-50.
    2. 1985 Larry Holmes: In his boxing career, Holmes had won 48 straight fights, including 20 title defenses, while never tasting defeat. He was one win shy of tying the mythical record of 49-0 set by Rocky Marciano. In his 49th fight against the smaller Micheal Spinks, Holmes would let true immortality slip away by losing a unanimous decision.
    Now back to wrestling,
    1. 2000 Aleksandr Karelin: Considered by many, the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time, Karelin was entering his last match of his career, obviously for the gold in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Not only was he undefeated in Olympic competition, or he had never lost a match internationally, he was unsecured upon for the last six years! There's a rumor he lost one match inside of Russia. This final victory slipped from his grasp and he was defeated in overtime 1-0 by Rulon Gardner from USA.
    Just a little smattering of sports history. Your Welcome!

    • @marksaffian2082
      @marksaffian2082 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Best comment of the bunch! Thanks for that!!

  • @stevec6976
    @stevec6976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude went ultra instinct

  • @TillerSeeker
    @TillerSeeker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great match!

  • @michaelelliott1212
    @michaelelliott1212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gable said he did something he never does. He read a news clipping that quoted Owings saying he was going to beat Gable in the match. His teammates said it would inspire him. It worked just the opposite. Owings only shining moment, and finished his college career 87-4.

    • @chadwillett619
      @chadwillett619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he also didn't didn't go through his normal warm-up routine, he was filming a promo for ABC's wide world of sports, it took 22 takes to get it right as soon as he was finished he they told him he was on deck, he had ten mins to get ready he had 45min routine.

  • @555dking
    @555dking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Looks like Iowa vs Iowa state!

    • @rnnie3873
      @rnnie3873 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lmaoo

    • @ianshue2890
      @ianshue2890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You do realize Owings is from Washington right? Or are you just saying it looks like Iowa vs Iowa State?

    • @555dking
      @555dking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ianshue2890 just looks like it

    • @traysonwhitworth7950
      @traysonwhitworth7950 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha

    • @RC-xc9lj
      @RC-xc9lj ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ianshue2890 Owings was from Oregon where he was a two time state champion. He wrestled for the University of Washington.

  • @jacobhelgeson3038
    @jacobhelgeson3038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love that first takedown “running the pipe”

    • @lrchandllr1
      @lrchandllr1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Run the pipe, hike the football!

    • @jacobhelgeson3038
      @jacobhelgeson3038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lee Chandler
      😆
      The pipe is like the hook shot of basketball. It always works if you know how to do it, but nobody knows how to use it anymore

    • @aswadmalik1740
      @aswadmalik1740 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was exciting and technically awesome.

  • @joshbarlow581
    @joshbarlow581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Austin DeSanto wrestles like Larry and reminds me of him

  • @michaelslifecycle
    @michaelslifecycle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Idk if it was the microphones or the way people talked back then but everyone sounds the exact same

  • @sabrewolf9567
    @sabrewolf9567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m too young but does anyone know what their records were going into the finals?

  • @Votedjt2024
    @Votedjt2024 ปีที่แล้ว

    Larry Owings is the living legend the goats all time

  • @christopherhall1021
    @christopherhall1021 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome 👏🏿 match!

  • @gkprivate433
    @gkprivate433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    now this was action wrestling

  • @eddies8856
    @eddies8856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    His first loss. He was looking for the cradle, thinking too much. That's the thing about wrestling. It's very mentally challenging. We can't wrestle properly if we think about it, at least that's how it is for me. I always have to have a blank mind. Always.

  • @steviefoster5512
    @steviefoster5512 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i can remember watching big daddy and giant haystack in the 70s

  • @elibrooks1662
    @elibrooks1662 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wild how this was peak college wrestling at a time

  • @whatsthat05
    @whatsthat05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dang this was a tough match

  • @theswampfox9584
    @theswampfox9584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Owing’s seemed to be the stronger that day

  • @777Skeptic
    @777Skeptic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Is there a full broadcast from this tournament?

    • @ronflatter1235
      @ronflatter1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is from ABC's Wide World of Sports. Bud Palmer was on the call and did the post-match interview. It was not a live telecast, as that was not done as often in those days.

  • @gkprivate433
    @gkprivate433 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gable did not think 2 more points for back exposure on that last takedown. It was close. At least I think that is the only think that Gable was confused about.

  • @TNTWARRIOR31
    @TNTWARRIOR31 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have wanted to watch this match for a long time and finally did. I got confused with the scoring at the end of the match. Could someone explain what I missed? 8-8 Owings escapes, Owings leads 9-8. Owings td and now leads 11-8, Gable escapes making it 11-9 add 2 for riding time and it should have been 11-11. What did I miss & it looked like Gable also thought it should have been 11-9.

    • @surreptitiouswritings
      @surreptitiouswritings 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Owings got back points as well on the last takedown.

    • @scottg6754
      @scottg6754 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Back points and only one for riding time.

  • @nikenri
    @nikenri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Gable fleeing the mat and manufacturing breaks in the match makes me lose some of the admiration for his style but all do respect the record speaks for itself.

    • @christopherhall1021
      @christopherhall1021 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Contact lenses?? I’ll file that one with inhaler break

  • @bigk8210
    @bigk8210 ปีที่แล้ว

    His coaches said they were glad Owings got 3rd seed since they knew he wouldn't beat Gable in the semis. They knew it had to be on the center mat under the lights.

  • @ExphazedGames
    @ExphazedGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I had it 12-12 but what do I know that point was bullshit in a title match

    • @johnhanselman6371
      @johnhanselman6371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Perhaps 11-11. I am unsure about the 2 back points awarded to Owens. Gable did have 2 points in riding time however I do not believe Gable dominated the match. I do believe Owens outwrestled Gable by being the aggressor.

    • @ronflatter1235
      @ronflatter1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@johnhanselman6371 The predicament was automatic once his shoulder blades were exposed to the mat while he was in the hold of Owings.

    • @ronflatter1235
      @ronflatter1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Although I know it was Gable’s strategy throughout his career, I wonder if he second-guessed himself about taking the advantage position to start the second period. It is easier to score from the disadvantage position, and of course he got it to begin with the third period. But he could have stifled Owings’s momentum with an escape -takedown or reversal to start the second period had he chosen the down position.

  • @shaunbang
    @shaunbang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could someone explain to me why Dan Gable only has 2 ncaa championships when he only lost one match in college? If he never lost shouldn’t he have 3 winning freshman, sophomore, junior then losing his last match as a senior for his last ncaa title? Did he not compete for one of the years or something?

    • @kevingriffith5
      @kevingriffith5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Freshmen were not allowed to compete in those days

  • @mattkeer5900
    @mattkeer5900 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never Stop Wrestling.......

  • @frankiecal3186
    @frankiecal3186 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Matt Ramos is the old Larry Owings

  • @andizzyJD12
    @andizzyJD12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My Uncle was in Chicago for it....said the place was so quiet afterwards that you could actually hear the 150 pounders shoes squeaking on the mat.

    • @9mmsafetyalwaysoff00
      @9mmsafetyalwaysoff00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just read that they stopped the entire tournament for 15 minutes because it was too loud to continue.

    • @andizzyJD12
      @andizzyJD12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tom Chorak After the match, the guy standing behind my uncle said “Geez, I wanted it to be close. I didn’t want him to actually lose.”

    • @MK007-YT
      @MK007-YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A moment in Time, in NCAA D1 Wrestling Tournament History to always be remembered & cherished.

  • @AWCTB
    @AWCTB ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn't know dan gable competed at 142 I thought he was something higher like around 170

  • @ethanzlimen4501
    @ethanzlimen4501 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks joe

  • @nwolinsP
    @nwolinsP ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It sad that if you only knew gable from youtube videos you would think he was 0-1 in his wrestling career.

  • @bobklein1665
    @bobklein1665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    These guys went balls to the walls for 9 minutes straight and that takes great cardio

  • @sakurabahfan
    @sakurabahfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Crazy to see how wrestling has changed, it's different now maybe slightly more technical. At the same time they were savages.

    • @kevthegoat8774
      @kevthegoat8774 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because back then it was about constant attacking

  • @gkprivate433
    @gkprivate433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man what a sloppy match. But both guys were trying for a pin and not just control, so you get a lot of situations where one is vulnerable to counters

  • @williamnelson9332
    @williamnelson9332 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was there iit qas wild

  • @sleazyfellow
    @sleazyfellow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I did some wrestling in the late 90s and the training alone is killer. Much respect. Probably the toughest training that's not boxing or mma. Alot of running, alot of calisthenics.

  • @robertgillen979
    @robertgillen979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How come Gable didn't get escape or refersal points towards the end? I had it a tie.

    • @ronflatter1235
      @ronflatter1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He got the escape after Owings got the takedown and two-point predicament. The question was whether Gable had his shoulder blades exposed to the mat to warrant the two-point predicament. It is clear that he did, but I remember watching this at the time. It happened so quickly that the question certainly could be raised to this day. That no doubt is why Gable asked the question late in the match. But it was a textbook predicament.

    • @djilyaz
      @djilyaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Back points

    • @johnhanselman6371
      @johnhanselman6371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ronflatter1235 I watched a different video of this match showing a different camera angle that plainly shows Gable on his back for the 2 point predicament. BTW, IMO: This video makes the 2 point predicament look questionable. I
      I believe after watching the other video that the referee made the correct call.
      * FYI Not many people are aware that this was the 2nd time Ownings and Gable wrestled each other. According to an interview with Ownings, they wrestled prior in another college tournament and Gable won. They also wrestled again AFTER this match and Gable won although that may have been a Free Style match.

    • @MK007-YT
      @MK007-YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnhanselman6371, do you have A Link on that Other Video and different camera angle, of The Disputed Predicament Call ?

  • @chriswells506
    @chriswells506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This reminds me a little of the USA/Soviet Olympic hockey game in '80.
    Gable was so used to winning easily, he panicked and lost focus when he got behind.

    • @Vernbubba
      @Vernbubba 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just goes to show you what a hot goalie can do for your team

  • @avatarnicholas
    @avatarnicholas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    WHERE is 13 points coming from???

  • @shudigg
    @shudigg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A lot of lives were lost due to bets on this match.

  • @jasonswanson5770
    @jasonswanson5770 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    No mats?

  • @dominiclyles6344
    @dominiclyles6344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who is here after Rogan lol

  • @gregwhitsel5052
    @gregwhitsel5052 ปีที่แล้ว

    We Are!!!